DOCUMENT RESUME ED 044 397 TE 000 626 AUTHOR Snow, Kathleen M., Ed. TITLE Canadian Books for Schools: A Centennial Listing. INSTITUTION Alberta Teachers Association, Edmonton., PUB DATE Feb 68 NOTE 68p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of English, 508 South Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 (Stock No. 42457R, $1.50) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.50 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Annotated Bibliographies, Art, *Childrens Books, Cultural Background, *Cultural Education, Drama, Elementary Education, Folklore Books, History, *Literature, Mathematics, Poetry, Sciences, Secondary Education, Social Studies; I_ENTIFIERS *Canada ABSTRACT This annotated bibliography, prepared by the English Council and School Library Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association, lists approximately 320 works -- including novels, biographies, plays, nofiction and historical books, children's books, and books of short stories--written by Canadian authors abou'. Canada. For each entry, the information provided includes grade level (pre-K to High School), subject relevance (Art, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, or English), Dewey classification number, and price. (3M) U.S. 01104491 OF MIK MVO & WEIF/11 OFFI(fOf IDU01)01 IIIIS DIXUSIIII P KR 191000(11 flICtlf AS IMMO 11011SME 111S011 01 010410111101 0141111116 It.P0I, ItS Of filfW 01 MIMS SIAM 00 NO SECISS11111 11111S1111 OffICIII U110, Of IDOCA11011 OS 10111101 01 POSKI. re\ CanadianBooks for Schools A CentennialListing of Published by The English Counciland School library Council The Alberta Teacher? Association,Edmonton, Alberta February, 1968 Como deep by John Snow INTRODUCTION in the effort to bring children and books together, the teacher of English and the librarian are partners.This partnership Is reflected In this listing of Canadian books for schools, the production of which has been a joint effort of the English Council and the School Library Council of The Alberta Teachers' Association. Many members of the two councils participated in the project. We are grateful for their assistance. However, we would especially like to acknow- ledge the few who undertook the responsibility to carry the project through from its inception to its completion. It Is a privilege to express our apprecia- lion to the members of the committee for the production of this listing, a project of special significance in our centennial year. We are particularly indebted to Mrs. Kathleen Snow whose dynamic leadership has made Canadian Books for Schools a reality... Merton Chorny President, English Council of the Al A Alison Vaness Preside it, School Library Council of the ATA PREFACE As a Centennial project, the two councils of The Alberta Teachers' Association, the English Council and the School Library Council, have listed a selection of books by Canadian authors. The Vacs were carefully chosen on the basis of quality, appeal to students or, in special cases, because of their interesting treatment of pArticular aspects of Canadian life. Only books published inthe English language were consideeed. Fortunately, some publications of French Canada have been translated and these have been included. Many of the works of Canadian authors, born or adopted, have gone out of print. The listed titles are at present available. The prices given must be considered approximate. Kathleen M. Snow Editor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Committee: KATHLEEN M. SNOW, Chairman/Editor Faculty of Education, University of Calgary MERROf. CHORNY Faculty of Education, University of Calgary FRED CLANDFIELD Department of English, University of Alberta WILLIAM R. DUKE inspector of High Schools, Lethbridge WILLIAM H. MAGEE Department of English, University of Calgary G. RODNEY MORISSET Department of English, University of Calgary ALISON VANESS Supervisor of Libraries, Calgary Public School Board The Committee wishes to thank all thuse ,members of both Count ils, librarians and teachers. who read and annotated the books. Mr. Lorne MacRae assisted with the initial listing of titles and Mrs. Doris Anderson c.nd Mrs. Nellie Campbell did the preliminary editing. Mrs. Carmen Moore was consulted regarding recent editions and current prices. This listing could not have been produced without the help and re- sources of the Library Service Centre of the Calgary Public School Board. Mrs. Lois Lockwood of the Centre acted as secretary to the Committee. Mrs. Lois Bingham, Librarian, completed the titles for the listing and assisted with the final editing. The Committee is grateful for the assistance provided by the profes- sional staff of The Alberta Teachers' Association, in particular the consultative services of ). D. Mcretridge and T. W. McConaghy. 1 SYMBOLS Approximate grade levels: w Pre-school and beginning elementary x Upper elementary y junior high school z Senior high school Subject relevance: A Art E English and language areas M Mathematics S Social studies Sc Science paafter price indicates paper cover. A Dewey Decimal classification number is suggested on the right. Abrahamson, Una. y z 917.1 God Bless our Home: domestic life In nineteenth century Canada. Burns and MacEachern, 1966. Recipes, medicine, furniture, fashions, frolics and fleas brought together In a most entertaining and instructive volume. $9.50 Allan, Iris. x y 921 Wop May: Bush Pilot. Clarke, Irwin, 1966. The feats of this most notable of Canada's northern pilotsnot only testify to the courage and resourcefulness of a pioneer pilot but incidentally give us apicture of the hardships of errly Canadian flying and the fascination of the Northland. $3.00 Anderson, J Y2 921 Fur Trader's Story. Ryerson, 1961. This well written, Informal account of twentiethcentury fur trading, combined with Interesting personal reminiscences, is related by a man who servednearly fifty years as a trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. $5.00 S Aubry, Claude. w x The Christmas Wolf.Translated from the French by Alice Kane. McClelland and Stewart, 1965. This engaging tale won the trench language Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Book of the Year award for 1965. Beautifully written, it tells the story of a cruel wolf who brings the Christy as spirit to a small Laurentian village. *J.00 Aubry, Claude. w x The King of the Thousand Islands: a Canadian fairy tale.Translated from the French by Alice Kane.McClelland and Stewart, 1963. The king makes his people labour many years building a sea castle and a garden of a thousand Islands In the St. Lawrence in order to win a beautiful siren. Winner of the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Book of the Year Medal fot 1961. 0.00 Avlson, Margate% x y z 819.1 Winter Sun. University of Toronto Press, 1960. These poems about Canadian weather and institutions delight with their vigorous language, precise Imagery and penetration of thought. $2.00 E S Ayre, Robert. x y 398.2 Sketco, the Raven. Macmilan, 1961. An imaginative and beautifully written tale relating the adventures of Sketco, the raven. Based on West Coast Indian legends, the book tells of the Indian boy Sketco who could magically change his form and did In order to bring the sun, moon and stars and the gift of fire to his Indian friends. $3.00 A E S Barbeau, Marius. w x 398.2 The Golden Phoenix: retold by Michael Hornyansky. Oxford, 1958. These eight fairy tales from French Canada are full of humour and the unexpected. Through them, the Princess of Tomboso, Jacques the Woodcutter and Petit Jean all take their place in the bright world of the fairy tales. $3.00 E Barbeau, Marius. w x y z 970.4 Indian Days on the Western Prairies. Queen's Printer, 1960. Using their own narratives and drawings, Marius Barbeau has compiled this very attractive his- tory of the prairie and mountain Indians of Canada. Here are the chiefs, the warriors and the medicine men, the tribal lore, customs and skills. $4.00 A S Note also: longleur Songs of Old Quebec. Ryerson, 1962. Medicine Men on the North Pacific Coast. Queen's Printer, 1966. Bell, Eleanor. y Z The Black Totem. Ryerson, 1960. The small clack totem, a HAW& carving, is a due in the mystery unravelled by the teen-age Fremonts and their cousin Bob while on a cruise along the British Columbia Coast.Much of the attraction of the novel derives from the author's Intimate knowledge of the beauty of the Inlets and the villages. $3.00 E S Benham, Leslie. w x The Heroine of Long Point. Macmillan, 1963. This exciting tale Is based on the true story of Mrs. Becker, a magnificently courageous woman who time after time waded out into the try waters of Lake Erie to rescue tee Hays, a cabin boy, and his fellow sailors from a sinking schooner at Long Point In 1854. $1.93 f S Berrill, Norman I. y z 570.4 tourney Into Wonder. Dodd, Mead, 1952. Here is the fascination and adventure of journeys Into the unknown, from the %tomes of Colurelus to the scientific expeditions visiting the Antarctic.Because the author is a professor of zooiegy at McGill University, these accounts are unusual in thIr emphasis and are enhanced by his knowledge of the natural world. $4.50 E Sc 2 Berrill, Norman J. y z 523.13 Worlds Without End: a reflection on planets, life and time. Macmillan, 1964. "From time immemorial man has been looking skyward for inspiration, sudden death and sal- vation." The speculation about what man may actually find is the subject of this book; a speculation of particular interest because of Dr. Berrill's rdentific authority. $5.95 E Sc Berton, Pierre. y z 971.21 Klondike: the life and death of the last great gold rush. McClelland nd Stewart, 1959. Although the book is a comprehensive and detailed piece of historical reporting, Its lucidity and the inherent drama make it absorbing. Berton recreates the fascinating Individuals of the period, examines their motives, traces their routes, presents graphically the fearful obstacles they conquered or were overcome by, and masterfully sunr.